Chinese President Visits Volatile Xinjiang

President Hu Jintao’s visit to Xinjiang occurred as local officials dismissed reports that trials would begin this week of suspects in July’s ethnic violence.

China’s Tally of 718 Arrests in July Riots Is Questioned

It is still unclear whether the 718 represented the total of suspects captured since the July 4 unrest, or were in addition to previous arrests and detentions.

Prostitutes better than officials in China: survey

Prostitutes are considered more trustworthy in China than government officials and scientists, a recent survey of more than 3,000 respondents showed.

See the original China Daily editorial here.

Teenager dies in Internet rehab

A teenager was allegedly beaten to death by counselors at an Internet addiction rehabilitation clinic in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The 15-year-old middle school graduate, surnamed Deng, was pronounced dead around 3 am Sunday at Wuxu town health center in Nanning, China's national radio website cnr.cn reported on Sunday.

Chinese Town Sealed Off After Plague Deaths

An outbreak of pneumonic plague has killed two residents of a village in rural west-central China, the state-run Xinhua news service reported.

China Arrests 319 People in Unrest in Xinjiang

The arrests came days after 253 people were taken into custody, most of them Uighurs, bringing the total to more than 2,000 arrests.